Puzzle.



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PUZZLE.

APPLICATION FILED, AUG 1.11903.

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ISRAEL R. TAYLOR, OF ASBURY PARK, NElV JERSEY.

PUZZLE.

nPlSQEFlCATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,287, dated October13, 1903.

Application filed August '7, 1903. Serial No. 168,559. (No model.)

To a. whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, ISRAEL R. TAYLOR, a cit-i The purpose of thisinvention is to main tain the interest to the end, to train the eye, todevelop the judgment, and to enable spare moments to be pleasantly spentin solitaire.

The essential feature of the invention is the provision of game piecesof different shape, some being circular to represent balls and othersbeing oblong to indicate rackets, the object being to get the pieces ina determinate position by manipulation of them by hand upon the base ortray.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a top plan view of the puzzle embodying theinvention, showing one position of the game-pieces. Fig. 2 is a viewsimilar to Fig. 1, showing a difierent arrangement of the game-pieces.Fig. 3 is a section on the line X X of Fig. 2 with the cover in place.Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the circular or disk game-piece. Fig. 5is a perspective view of the oblong or racketshaped game-piece.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followingdescription and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the samereference characters.

The base 1 is preferably of square form and is provided in one side witha circular depression 2. When the base consists of a block of wood, therecess 2 is bored therein or formed by removing a portion of thematerial. In the event of forming the base of sheet material-such asmetal, paper, or the like the recess 2 may be formed by pressing aportion of the material from the blank, as will be readily comprehended.The depression 2 may be of any diameter and depth, ac-

cording to the size of the game-pieces and the number thereof. The openside of the depression is closed by a cover 3, which may be fitted tothe base in any manner.

The game-pieces 4 and 5 are of different shapes, the elements 4 beingcircular or of disk form and the parts 5 of oblong or racket outline.The game-pieces are approximately of like and uniform thickness,corresponding approximately to the depth of the recess or depression 2,so as not to project above the plane of the upper side of the base,thereby admitting of the cover fitting snugly thereon. The game-piecesmay be constructed of any material best adapted for the purpose andaccording to the finish and cost of the game device. The relative sizeof the game-pieces and depression is such as to admit of movement of thegame-pieces so as to attain'the desired end. The game-pieces may bearranged in the recess or depression 2 in any mannersuch, for instance,as shown in Figs. 1 and 2the purpose being to secure a definite relationof the game-pieces by moving them by hand until the desired arrangementiseifected. As shown in Fig. 1, the gamepieces 4 alternate with thegame-pieces 5, and the latter have a radial arrangement, the smallerends, necks, or handles converging toward the center. lVhen arranged inthis way, the object in view is to assemble like pieces in groups, asshown most clearly in Fig. 2. On the other hand, should the gamepiecesbe arranged as in Fig. 2 at the outset the object to be attained is tosecure an alternate position of the game-pieces about as shown inFig. 1. Obviously any arbitrary arrangement of the game-pieces, eitherat the outset or at the finish, may be determined upon according to therequired skill in attaining the ultimate result.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Apuzzle comprising a base having a recess forming a playing-field, andtwo sets of game-pieces, one set being of circular outline and the otherset of oblong form and provided at one end with narrow or neckedportions to admit of grouping the oblong game pieces about a centralpoint with the circuother set of oblong form, substantially as set IOlar game-pieces alternating, substantially as forth. specified. Intestimony whereof I aifix my signature 2. The herein-described puzzlecomprising in presence of two witnesses.

a base havin a circular recess in one side 1 forming a plZying-field,two sets of game- IbRAEL TAYLOR JOHN S. Moss, VINA HOWLAND.

pieces of a thickness corresponding approxi- Witnesses:

